1994 Ford Probe 16v from UK and Ireland - Comments

Cuts out constantly, frighteningly expensive to fix.

Now won't start at all, possible starter problem.

Great looking car. Not much point looking good if it won't go!

As the cutting out problem is a design fault, Ford should fix it free of charge. Don't buy this car unless you have more money than sense.

Well OK, I agree with you to some restraints, I have a Ford Probe L reg in white 16v, it also cuts out when driving and wouldn't start for a while. I took it to a tuning specialist, and have a few suggestions that will fix your problem mate at low cost:

1) Change the distributer cap and rotor arm (£29.99 for the cap and £6.99 for the arm).

2) Change the HT leads.

3) Just above the fuses inside the driver's foot well, there is a little blue box. This is your immobiliser - unplug it and spray the connections with anti rust stuff as this corrodes very easily.

Well that's your problem fixed! But now for some real truths about the Probe (before I go on I don't work for Ford), I recently on Sat 6th Oct 2001, was travalling down the middle lane of a 3 lane motorway, when some "idiot" in a small lorry, decided to swerve over into my lane (there was no traffic in front of him, and he was on a mobile!). So to avoid a collision with him (if I had collided with him, I would have killed him as I was doing a steady 80 MPH, and my car would have gone straight through his door and had his legs off), I swerved over into the fast lane, lost control over my car, did a few circles from the fast lane over to the slow lane, hit the crash barrier closest to the slow lane, flipped in the air, hit a service sign, and landed trapped with the driver's side down to the ground. I tell you mate, the Probe has a few problems, but they can be fixed cheap. If it wasn't for my Probe - I wouldn't be here today. I walked away from an accident that should have killed me with 6 stitches in my arm and whiplash. If you wanna see pics of the car now, feel free to e-mail me on chris3.smith@btinternet.com

And to be honest I would have another one, they're one of the finest cars that I have ever bought (all the rest of the Ford range are crap!)

Hi sorry, but the immobilizer is actually fitted in centre console it is a black box contained within metal cover you have to drill rivets out to remove it.the immobilizer suffers from dry joints simply re-solder and it should cure the cutting out

w miller.